Category: Mom’s Journal

  • Clearing out old toys– I need your help!

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    This week, Works for Me Wednesday enables bloggers to ask readers for help and boy do I EVER need your help! My house is filled to the brim with items that I just might need… someday. And it is time for that to stop. Now. I MEAN it. Asking you to help in decluttering my…

  • B 90 Days: Confession Time

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    I’ve been with my family on vacation since the Bible in 90 Days kickoff. And, well, actually since a few days before that. We stayed mostly with family, but you might have also seen me in the halls of The Great Wolf Lodge reading my Bible and posting while my family slept in New Year’s…

  • MomsToolbox.com goals for 2010

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    When I started this blog, I did so mainly because I wanted to write something and because I bought the domain name many years prior and thought I should put it to use. And my sister-in-law was blogging like crazy, loved it and encouraged me… a LOT. (She still does all of that and I…

  • Why we love Sweet Tomatoes

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    Tonight I decided to take the kids to Sweet Tomatoes for dinner. If you aren’t familiar with Sweet Tomatoes, it is a fantastically yummy salad bar place that also has delicious soups, breads, pastas and frozen yogurt (with super sweet trimmings) for dessert, among other things. The food is fresh and there are tons of…

  • SOAP: I’m a fisher of men, alright.

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    Scripture: Mark 1:17 “Come follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” Observation: Jesus is speaking with two men who are casting nets to catch fish. He tells them to follow Him for a whole new type of fishing. Application: This scripture always makes me smile. In my single days I…

  • Lemon Cheesecake Bar Disaster

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    Aaaargh. I was feeling like such the model mom a few moments ago. (That’s when you need to watch out, I think!!) My daughter and I had just baked a yummy pan of lemon cheesecake bars and slipped them into the oven. Then she settled down for a sweet nap. My wonderful cleaning ladies were…

  • My Danish teenage daughter started American high school today…

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    Emma, our Danish daughter, just left for her first day of American high school. She is not my daughter, and yet, she is. I feel so excited for her, and yet have butterflies in my stomach, as I know she does, too. When I walk my own children (ages 3, 6 and almost 8 years)…

  • SOAP: I’ve been busy and yet lazy

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    Scripture: Ecclesiastes 10:18 Because of laziness the building decays, and through idleness of hands the house leaks. Observation: Being lazy brings destruction Application: I’ve been going through The Power of a Praying Wife to use as a guide in my devotional/ SOAP time lately and finding many ways to pray for my husband. This verse,…

  • New Zealand Bungee Jump… a few years back

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    I recently came across this story I wrote a few years ago about my first (and only) bungee jump.  This took place before my mommy days began. Rather than let it sit any longer on my computer unused,   I thought I might share… I remember watching a show about people safely flinging themselves off bridges…

  • Reality Check

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    It is REALLY late (or really early– depends on how you look at things) and I should be in bed and not blogging… so this will be brief. I’ve just returned from a roadtrip to a family reunion that was absolutely fantastic with a sidetrip thrown in, as well. I am absolutely tired, but am…

  • I LoVermont! A quick wrap-up.

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    As I type this I am flying home from a fantastic vacation in Vermont. *** Okay, oops. This was when I typed it, but that was two whole weeks ago. Sorry for the delay. Back to the story…*** I am sorry if you missed my SOAP posts last week… the internet connection where we were…

  • 12 inches of hair to make someone else’s life more beautiful

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    Today I had two ponytails, each 12 inches long, cut off to donate to Beautiful Lengths, an organization that uses ponytails at least eight inches in length to make wigs that are distributed free of cost to women battling cancer. I had heard a lot about Locks of Love in the past, but opted to…

  • SOAP: Do the right thing

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    Scripture: Proverbs 22:1 Choose a good reputation over great riches, for being held in high esteem is better than having silver or gold. Observation: It is more important to do what is right than to do what will bring money. Application: This is something that I really want my children to understand. Sure, money brings…

  • Green beans, anyone?

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    I am sorry I haven’t posted in the past few days. I took a quick trip to Maryland with my daughter to celebrate my brother’s promotion to Lieutenant Commander in the US Navy. The trip was quick and, although I did most of my Bible reading, I didn’t journal about it or post. But today…

  • Our family is about to grow…

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    No, stop. I am not pregnant (at least I don’t think I am). We are simply planning to open our home to a Danish teenager we have known for quite some time later this summer. Her dad and my husband were soccer teammates in high school before her dad fell madly in love with a…